Social Worker for the Authority Unit - Children and Family

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Gislaveds Social Services is seeking a social worker for the Authority Unit, Children and Family. As an employee in Gislaveds Municipality, you are a co-creator in your workplace. You are given the opportunity and are expected to contribute to the development of operations through your knowledge and experience. For us, respect for diversity and the equal value of all people are fundamental. Duties The Authority Unit, Children and Family is seeking a social worker to work with children and young people up to 21 years old and their parents. As a social worker, you will investigate the situation and support needs of children and young people, make decisions, and follow up on implemented measures. If you like being "the spider in the web," this is a job for you. The work is based on both SoL and LVU. Operations are led by group leaders and a unit manager. We work according to BBIC (children's needs in focus) with the goal of conducting quality social work built on knowledge, continuity, participation, and a holistic perspective. We can offer challenging and developmental tasks within a supportive culture. The unit consists of a unit manager, 3 group leaders, and 25 social workers, of which 7 social workers and 1 group leader work in foster care distributed among 3 foster care coordinators and 5 child coordinators. To create job satisfaction and good quality in our work as well as a good work environment, you work together with colleagues who have broad expertise and who gladly help each other. We are committed and see it as self-evident to work with the individual's needs in focus. For us, it is important to develop through active employee participation and trust-based leadership. We want you to be part of improving our operations. We are a workplace where our employees thrive, feel good, and develop, which is evident in our continuous employee surveys. Qualifications You are educated as a social worker or have other education deemed equivalent for authority work concerning children and young people. It is meritorious if you have experience working in authority positions within the target group of children and youth. You have good communication skills and can express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. You have the ability to analyze complex problems, see the long-term significance and further consequences of matters, and adapt your actions accordingly. You see opportunities in change and contribute with new ideas and approaches to work-related issues. You see operations in a holistic perspective, can connect wholes and parts, future and present. We want you to be able to take initiative, start activities, and achieve results. You also have the ability to structure your work independently and prioritize among tasks to be performed by focusing on the right things when there is much happening around you. We are seeking someone who listens, communicates, and resolves conflicts constructively. You have the ability to understand someone else's perspective or situation without taking on their feelings, and you need to be calm and stable as well as show courage in difficult situations. A Class B driver's license is required. What We Offer A strong team spirit with engaged colleagues. Good working hours. Opportunity for remote work. Competitive salaries. External supervision. Competence development through professional development, such as difficult conversations, in-depth LVU training, etc. Paid vacation from the first year of employment. Free swimming at the municipality's swimming facility and discount on gym membership. Free parking at the workplace. Very good employee club and internal social committee. Your employee participation is deeply connected to your ability to collaborate and participate in your own and the organization's development. For us, this means you have good cooperation with your manager and colleagues, both at your own workplace and in the rest of the municipal corporation. You treat everyone with high service level, kindness, and high quality through customer and service focus. You take responsibility for participating in operational matters and are solution-oriented. We place great importance on personal suitability and that your view of employee participation aligns with ours. We apply background checks (extract from the criminal record) as a form of suitability assessment for everyone offered employment in activities where there is direct and regular contact with children and young people. Do you want to be part of our success? Welcome to submit your application! In Gislaveds Municipality, full-time employment is a right, and therefore vacant positions* are advertised as full-time. When operations can accommodate part-time work, this is of course a possibility. *positions shorter than 3 months and certain positions may be excluded. In preparation for the recruitment process, Gislaveds Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar.

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Typ

job

Stav

active

Viditelnost

public

Město

Gislaved

Adresa

Gislaveds kommun

GPS

57.300213006496, 13.540174414806kopírovatotevřít v ▾

Email

[email protected]

Telefon

0371-82983

Zobrazení

5

Publikováno

15. 6. 2026

Upraveno

21. 6. 2026

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